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2 Chronicles 13:4

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Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

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ASV

And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

KJV

And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Stood up upon Mount Zemaraim - “Which was a mount of the tribe of the house of Ephraim.” - Targum. Jarchi thinks that Abijah went to the confines of the tribe of Ephraim to attack Jeroboam. It could not be Shomeron, the mount on which Samaria was built in the days of Omri king of Israel, 1Ki 16:24.

This site's exposition

stood up upon mount Zemaraim

on 2 Chronicles 13:4-5

Abijah climbs a hill in Ephraim and does what ancient commanders sometimes did before a battle, he harangues the opposing camp, JFB notes, with Jeroboam's army arrayed below him. His opening claim reaches past Rehoboam's schism to the covenant of salt at verse 5, a phrase Clarke ties through the Targum to salt's incorruption, sealing the kingdom to David's house and his sons for ever. The theology of the covenant retold at 1 Chronicles 17, the LORD's own throne held for David's line, is here put into one king's mouth on a hillside.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Abijah stood upon Mount Zemaraim, which is in Mount Ephraim,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(3.) The priests sounded the trumpets to animate them by giving them an assurance of God's presence with them. It was not only a martial but a sacred sound, and put life into their faith. (4.) They shouted in confidence of victory: "The day is our own, for God is with us." To the cry of the prayer they added the shout of faith, and so became more than conquerors.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Abijah stood up upon Mount Zemaraim--He had entered the enemy's territory and was encamped on an eminence near Beth-el (Jos 18:22). Jeroboam's army lay at the foot of the hill, and as a pitched battle was expected, Abijah, according to the singular usage of ancient times, harangued the enemy.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּ֣קָםand he stood

    vaiyakomH6965 →628 times

  • אֲבִיָּ֗הAbijah

    ʾaviyahH29 →25 times

  • מֵעַל֙<from> on

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • לְהַ֣ר<to> [the] mountain of

    leharH2022 →546 times

  • צְמָרַ֔יִםZemaraim

    tzemarayimH6787 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּהַ֣ר[is] in [the] hill country of

    beharH2022 →546 times

  • אֶפְרָ֑יִםEphraim

    ʾefrayimH669 →180 times

  • וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • שְׁמָע֖וּנִיlisten to me

    shemauniH8085 →1159 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֥םO Jeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.6 worksJoshua 18:22Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,5 worksJudges 9:7When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.3 worksIsaiah 40:9Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”3 worksJeremiah 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”3 worksGenesis 10:18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 15:2

    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…

    it leads to

    • James 4:8

      Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

    • 2 Chronicles 24:20

      Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments…

    • 2 Chronicles 15:4

      But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

    • 1 Chronicles 28:9

      As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…

    • Hebrews 10:38

      But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

  • Through

    Judges 9:7

    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:29

      When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

    • John 4:20

      Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

    • Proverbs 28:9

      Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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